......thundering applause and a standing ovation.......
But, Hark!!! Here is the picture that I took of this heroic monstrosity.
Here is Wikipedia's version. I think I saw a female. I also saw it FLY OFF carrying the dead cicada THROUGH THE AIR!
This is not the first time I have been successful in my extremely adept bugicide investigations. I have also discovered Bee killers as well. Look at the Wikipedia article.... wait.... I can't find the wikipedia article!!! 2,468,249 articles as of this writing and there isn't one on bee killers!!!! sick out. Well never mind. I did more research. It's actually a Robber Fly. Look that up.
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Our house is swarming with wasp nests. I wasn't sure if they were wasps, because they look different from the wasps of Utah.
It's not really swarming, per se. They've made many many nests on our house. Jerks! Maybe the winter will kill them.
Thanks for doing the leg work, Asterix.
I feel obligated to show you this: http://www.showmejoe.com/thriller/thriller.htm. If winter doesn't work, break out the tennis racket.
So...I saw this post a long time ago, but I'm not very partial to insects...
Just waiting for your next blog post! Are you still alive?
AARON - I am really perturbed that you don't post more - WHY? Why, also, haven't I seen you in years? I'll be at the Denver airport on Thursday and again on Friday - remember once upon a time when we ran into each other there. *sigh*
Maybe you should start making sure your layovers are in Omaha. Ha! Like that ever happens.
I'm glad I'm not the only person who thinks cicadas run on batteries.
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